Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-28
State News.
HANCOCK.


Quite an accident took place at Waltham,
on Monday afternoon Of last week. As the
children were returning from school six or
eight of them when opposite Lewis King
mans house got in muss and one of Mr..
Kingman's boys ran into the house and took
a gun loaded with buckshot which he fired
out of the window into the lot of children.
Part of the charge took effect in the back of
the head of one of Cyrus Dickey's boys, aged
five and half years. The boy was taken
into a house bleeding freely. After Mrs.
Durham had stopped the flow of blood
Charles Jordan came along and took the boy
in bis arms and carried him home. They
sent Immediately to Ellsworth for surgeon
DIR. Phillips arrived about nine o'clock and
extracted one buckshot and several pieces of
slivered bone. At this writing the little
fellow is doing as well as could be expected
DR.. Phillips was an hour extracting the
bullet and pieces of bone. A boy who would
fire a charge of buckshot into a lot of children
should be sent to the reform school.
At the end of the last quarter the Lamoine
Grange had 2ls members, 100 males and 1O9
females. They evidently believe in the
equality of the sexes.
KEsyEBEc.
The Kennebec Democrat of the 26th inst,
reports the following Waterville items Some
visitor to the stock farm of Hon. f. F. Webb
left the gate open to the enclosure where q
handsome deer was kept. The deer discov-
cred his way to liberty and sailed over the
fences and walls until he got into the woods.
Some sportsman will have venison most like
ly.-Geo. Weymouth met with quite an acci-
dent Tuesday evening, while driving pair
of four ye ar old colts on Silver street. The
l Il and
commenced to run. Mr.. Weymouth had two
ladies ia the carriage and before he could
gain control of the runaway the carriage
turned over, turning all three out, the ladies
receiving severe bruises. The horses ran up
Main street. the carriage striking an electric
light post near the steamer house, smashing
the carriage aud freeing the horses. 1t was
very fortunate that no one was seriously in
jured.
On Thursday night, while Oakland Lodge,
No. 81, A. o. U. W., were holding their reg
ular meeting, forty lady friends of the order
surprised them with picnic dinner. Inter
esting remarks were made by Rev. G. G.
Hamilton. This lodge was instituted in 1884,
starting with ten members. They now num-
Der SO and are still gaining.-The Messalons-
kee is lower than it has been for many years.
At the upper dam some of the machinery is
running on part time.
KNOX.
A Rockland lime coaster, on recent trip
to New York, was followed by big shark.
Old culch of various kinds was thrown over,
which was greedily swallowed by the vora-
cious fish. Finally one of the crew evolved
brilliant idea, and opening one of the casks
of lime threw big lump to the fish. who
gulped it down instanter. The lime once
swallowed began to slake, and the antics that
the unfortunate and too confdIng shark cut up
were wonderful to the extreme. He thrashed
about terribly, apparently in great agony,
the lime finally causing his death. Rock
land lime is the best in the world when put to
its proper uses, but is not recommended for
consumption.
Mr.. Mason, principal Of the High School
of Thomaston, proposes to establish a
library for the High School, the main object
of which is to place in the hands of the pu-
pills good literature to counterfeit the evil
Influences of the trashy dime novel and
other sensational reading. Mr.. Mason's OBJ
ject is commendabe.
Never before in the history of Thomaston
has so much lime been burnt as during the
past season 1t is now the main business of
this town, and the amount of money dis
bursed by the firms engaged in lime burning
is more in amount than that formerly paid
out In the building of four or five ships, and
of course gives employment to more men.
PENoBsCoT.
man named Boyd belonging in Oldtowp,
was brought to his home, Tuesday, badly
crushed about the lower part of the body by the
stump of tree which fell upon him, at a
place near Chesuncook Lake where he was
numbering. He was very badly injured and
it is doubtful if he RECEIVERS.
The four men William Jenkins, Michael
Kelley, John 0. Mccain and Robert Cassidy
who made the murderous assault upon
Officers Fahey and Barnes, few days ago,
were up in the Municipal Court Tuesday,
and were each put under $500 bonds for ap-
pesrance at the February term of court, says
the Wing.
PISCATAQUIs.
The annual meeting of the Pine Tree Slate
Co., was held at Monson, the 18th. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: ID. r. Straw,
President; c. H. Fi6eld, Treasurer; G A.
Matthews, Clerk C. H. Fifed, D. R. Straw,
c. A. Smith, A. G. Pollard and r. c. Penny,
Directors.
At Roach River, seven miles beyond Roach
Pond, the Bradstreets who are well known
Kennebec lumbermen have built the present
season new nOtel 0UxoU Ieet Oh Tie STouhu
and two stories high.
The largest island in Moosehead is Sugar
Island which contains about 1000 acres. The
next largest Is Deer Island containing 1900
acres. On this is a valuable farm and Capens
large summer hotel, farm buildings, etc.
SOMERSET.
The Fairfield Boom Company will manu-
facture their own wedges for rafting this
season at the boom house. They use 40O, 900
wedges annually.
Pittsfield came near having fire last Sat
urday. While some little children were in
the attic of DR.. Tibbetts' house, on Main
street, PLAYING with matches, they set fire to
some herbs, which were hanging on the wall.
These falling TO the floor, set fire to it, and the
wall near window, burning through the
wall. and soon appearing on the outside of the
building. Fortunately it was discovered by
a lady who lives in the upper part of the
house. and by the aid of some students that
room in the house. the fire was extnguished.
Had the fire had a few minutes more before
it was discovered, with the heavy wind on
that day, the house must have been burned.
A. w. Brsckett, the Pittsfeld horseman
who was severely injured at the Eastern
State Fair has not been well since and last
week DR. S. H. Weeks Of Portland was
called to visit him, and drew from his side 26
ounces of water. Mr.. B. has since felt better
but it will be long while before he fully
regains his strength and vigor.